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Welcome to the Halloween Listening Party on FOTW Radio, an online radio station that runs all through October – with a special live broadcast on Halloween night.
I hope you enjoy it – and thanks for listening!
— IJ Wilson 🎃
Spotlight on off-season programming
There are twelve special theme hours that repeat through the 24-hour cycle. Here are some to listen out for!
Australian Eastern Standard timezone
- 6-8 pm – Japanese listeners double hour of requests
- 8-9 pm – The Tangerine Dream hour
- 9-10 pm – The VHS Aisle (eighties horror soundtracks & synthwave)
- 10-11 pm – Storytime (old time radio plays and spooky short stories)
- 11-12 pm – The Deadbeat Disco (dance music)
Japanese timezone / 日本のタイムゾーン
- 4-6 pm – Japanese listeners double hour of requests
- 6-7 pm – The Tangerine Dream hour
- 7-8 pm – The VHS Aisle (eighties horror soundtracks & synthwave)
- 8-9 pm – Storytime (old time radio plays and spooky short stories)
- 9-10 pm – The Deadbeat Disco (dance music)
UK timezone
- 6-7 pm – The VHS Aisle (eighties horror soundtracks & synthwave)
- 7-8 pm – The Roky Erickson Memorial Hour (graveyard rock, punk & metal)
- 8-9 pm – Queens of the Night (all female artists)
- 9-10 pm – From the Field (hauntology & folk horror)
- 10-11 pm – Storytime (old time radio plays & spooky short stories)
New York timezone
- 6-7 pm – Halloween Assortments (All the classics & some you’ve never heard!)
- 7-8 pm – The Deadbeat Disco (dance music)
- 8-9 pm – Eleanor’s Hour (synth-pop & Italo disco)
- 9-10 pm – Romero Lives! (Musical tributes to the Godfather of Zombies)
- 10-11 pm – Lost in Time (spooky jazz & rockabilly)
Los Angeles timezone
- 6-7 pm – Romero Lives! (Musical tributes to the Godfather of Zombies)
- 7-8 pm – Lost in Time (haunted jazz & rockabilly)
- 8-9 pm – The Classical Hour (orchestral soundtracks & the literal classics!)
- 9-10 pm – Storytime (old time radio plays & spooky short stories)
- 10-11 pm – From Beyond the Stars (eerie ambient)
This is a good timezone calculator if you want to work it out for where you live; just click ‘change cities and dates’ and add in your city.
Ways to listen
Besides here on our website, you can listen through the fantastic Radio Garden app (android / apple / browser)
You can also request the Halloween Listening Party through a smart speaker.
“Hey, Google, play Halloween Listening Party”
“Alexa, play the station ‘Halloween Listening Party’ on TuneIn.”
Song Requests
If you have a song request, send it in, and we’ll play it.
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Thanks to Dylan Hillerman of GuignolFest for the header image!